Boot-blacking machine.



A. T. PEPPER.

BOOT BLAGKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1908.

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BOOT BLACKING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 21, 1908.

Patented; Feb. 1, 1910.

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A. T. PEPPER;

BOOT BLAGKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1908.

Patented Febu 1, 1910.

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MNDREW- a. GRAHAM co. PHOTQUINOGMPHEHS; wnsumarou. u. c.

Patented Feb. 1, 1910.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 21, 1908.

Patented Feb. 1, 1910.

Serial No. 434,049.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ANTON T. Parana, a citizen of the United States, andresident of St. Cloud, Stearns county, State of Minnesota, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Boot-Blacking Machines; and mypreferred manner of carrying out the invention is set forth in thefollowing full, clear, and exact description, terminating with claimsparticularly specifying the novelty.

This invention relates to boot blacking machines, and its object is toproduce a device of this character whereby the insertion of a coin and amovement of the actuating lever of the coin mechanism will auto-.matically feed blackingin the form of either liquid or paste as desiredand controlled by the operator and will also release the weight-liftinglever; and the movement of the latter by the operator will both raisethe weight to set in motion the oscil' lating mechanism which causesfirst the daubers and then the polishers to engage the shoes, and alsoconnect a motor with the reciprocating mechanism whereby the brushesduring their oscillation are moved across the various parts of theshoes.

To this end the invention consists broadly in the mechanism for carryingout said object, and it consists specifically in details of constructionof the various parts.

The invention also contemplates the possibility of using selectivedevices for permitting the operator to cause the same machine to applydifferent kinds of blacking, according as the necessities of the casemay requlre.

It also contemplates the possible use of tripping mechanism whereby thedescent of the weight may be interrupted at a point which will shut offthe feed of the blacking but continue the reciprocation of the polishingbrushes, and whereby the further descent of the weight will check suchreciprocation after the shoes are thoroughly polished.

T he preferred embodiment of my invention is described in the followingspecification and set forth in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure l is a plan View of the entire machine, showing the main brushesopposite the foot rests and one reservoir partly broken away; Fig. 2 isa plan view showing the main brushes forward, the top of the motor Ihousing removed, and the reservoirs and their casing also removed butthe weight leverillustrated in its depressed position and the weight andone of the blacking pads in plan view; Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinalsection showing one of the pads in elevation; and heel brush omitted.Fig. 4: is a rear elevation of the machine showing the weight and itsrack bar and sheath; Fig. 5 is a plan view of the tripping mechanism anda section through the rack bar and sheath; Fig. 6 is a side elevation ofone blacking pad with its corrugated side plates removed, and alongitudinal section through its arm; Fig. 6' is a section on line 6-6of Fig. 6. Fig. 7 is a cross section on the line 7--7 of Fig. 1, takenthrough the main brush frame; Figs. 8, 9, and 10 are detailsrespectively of one side brush, the intermediate brush, and the heelbrush and its actuating mechanism. Fig. 11 is a detail of a modifiedform of the blacking feed lever. 1

Framework-In the drawings, the numeral. 1 designates the sides of themain framework connected by suitable cross bars 2 at front and rear, andabove the latter an inclined casing 3 for the blacking reservoirs whichcovers the oscillating mechanism and supports the seat 4. At one end ofthis casing is an upright 5 carrying check-controlled mechanism 6 whoseunnecessary details will not be amplified in the present instance.Longitudinally between the cross bars 2 are bars 7 carrying fixed footrests 8 at proper points beneath the seat. At the front end is a housing9 for the driving mechanism which may be hand power, although probablyit will be electric or other suitable power. It is to be understood thatthe various mechanical parts are covered by casings forming part of theframework, but which have been removed and are omitted from the drawingsfor the sake of better illustration.

Blaclcing.The casing 3 contains three reservoirs 10, the outermostperforated on their inner sides and the central one perforated on bothsides, as perhaps best illustrated at 11 in Fig. 3, and these reservoirsare adapted to receive tanks or boxes 12 containing paste blacking andwhich are made open at both endsthe lower end so that the paste can bepressed out of it and caused to ooze laterally through the perforations,

, and the upper end so as to admit plungers 17 carried by rack bars 18sliding in the casing 3. J ournaled across the latter is a shaft 19having gears 20 simultaneously engaging said rack bars 18 and having aratchet 21 by which it is held against rotation in one direction by aretaining pawl 22.

Mounted intermediately between the three tact with the reservoirs 10 andwipe across the perforations 11 and take up paste blacking which mayhave oozed therethrough, and when they again descend the blacking isgiven off to the daubers. Each arm 16 is made hollow so as to constitutea reservoir, and within it is located a duct whose open upper end 160 isa funnel which stands near the upper end of the arm and whose smallerend a spout 170 leads down the arm to a cross tube 130 standing withinthe pad 13 with its ends opening behind both plates 14: in diverginggrooves 150 leading downward to the felt 15 at points beneath the loweredge of the plates, so that liquid blacking within the funnel will rundown the duct into and out of said tube, along the grooves under theplates, and onto the edges of the 'felt, from which it may be taken upby the daubers and spread on the heels and the edges of the soles. Inthe top of the pad 13 is a filling orifice closed by a screw cap 131preferably having a fine air vent 132. It will be clear that when thearm 16 is swung on its pivot so that the pad 13 is elevated, thisorifice may be used for the purpose of inserting liquid blacking whichwill run to the upper (then lower) end of the arm, and of which acertain amount will be trapped in the funnel and fed to the felt whenthe pad 13 is depressed as shown in Fig. 3; and-each time the pad iselevated this operation will be repeated until the liquid blacking isexhausted, so that by making the funnel of proper size and adjusting theexit to permit the proper flow of liquid blacking just enough will besupplied at each operation to polish the heels and edges of the soles.This automatic feed of liquid blacking must not be confused with thepositive feed of paste blacking which is produced in the followingmanner.

Black-ing feccZ.Mounted loosely on the shaft 19 adjacent the ratchet 21is a lever carrying a pawl 32 which is normally "drawn idly over theratchet 21 by a spring 31, and a link 33 connects this lever with thecheck-controlled mechanism in a manner not necessary to descrlbe 1ndetail further than to say that when a coin is inserted and theactuating lever of'the mechanism'is -moved to drop the coin it moves thelever 30 through the link 33 and automatically turns the shaft 19 andprojects the plungers into their reservoirs. in Fig. 11 is shown amodified form of the blacking feed lever and its connections with theshaft 19, thereby producing a selective device by operating which thecustomer can prevent the feeding of paste blacking when he desires thatliquid blacking only shall be supplied to the daubers. In thecoi'istruction here illustrated the pawl 321 is normally engaged withthe ratchet 21 by the same spring 31, but the pawl has a projection 320beyond its pivot on the lever 30, which projection is adapted to bedepressed by a sliding rod 300 sustained by a spring 310 and carrying apush button or knob 330. hen the customer depresses the latter, it isobvious that the tip of the pawl 321 will be lifted out of engagementwith the ratchet, and therefore the insertion of the coin and. themovement of its actuating lever will not cause the rotation of the shaft19 and the feed of paste blacking. But when the lever 30 .is moved tothe rear it draws on a wire an having a loop 35 which engages a dog 36and turns the latter against the tension of a spring 37 so as to releasethe weight-lifting lever (35 as described below, (see Fig. 7) and allowit to rise; and when the lever (35 again descends it passes the tip ofthe dog, which is permitted by the loop to turn on its pivot against thetension of the spring and reengage the lever. Thus the deposit of a coinand the movement of the actuating lever of the coin mechanismautomatically moves the lever 30 and feeds the blaeking to the pads,while also automatically releasing the weight-lifting lever.

Brus/1.cs.1 do not wish to be confined to any particular type ofbrushes, by which term I may therefore mean those of bristles, of hair,or perhaps of fabric or both; but I preferably employ two kinds ofbrushes which will differ as necessary in size and shape, anddistinguish them herein by terms describing their function as daubersand polishers. Mounted on main guides -10 extending longitudinallybetween the cross bars 2 is the main brush frame it which carries in thepresent instance three yokes 42, each having two eyes -13 looselyembracing longitudinal rods it made preferably square and of which Ihave shown three, one standing between the two bars 7 and the other twooutside of them, and all journaled in the cross bars 2. 'lransverselyacross the frame above the foot-rests 3- extends a preferably squarecross rod which is fixed therein so that it does not rotate. Mounted forlateral reciprocation on this rod is a brush head 46, and mounted forlongitudinal reciprocation on the several square rods 4A are brush heads4-? and 48. The brush head 46 carries a single polishing brush 49 ofsuch size and. shape as to work upon the toes and tops of the shoes inmoving across them as it does by reason of the location of the rod 45and the mechanism to be described. Each of the brush heads 47 carries apolisher l9 and a dauber 50 which projects tangentially from oppositesides of the head as seen in Fig. 8, and their function is to work onthe outer sides of the shoes and edges of the soles and heels. Theintermediate brush head 48 carries twopolishers 49 and two daubers 50 asbest seen in Fig. 9, and their function is to work 011 the inner oradjacent sides of the shoes and edges of the soles and heels. brushes asbest illustrated in Fig. 1.0 have heads 51 carrying bristles 52 andmoving in upright guides 53 mounted upon the bars 7 just in rear of theheels of the foot rests 8, and said guides are slotted vertically as at54tso that pins in the heads may project therethrough and engage links56. 57 is a lever pivoted to the side of the bar 7 and having atransverse slot 58 in its upper end loosely engaging a pin 59 at thelower end of the link 56, while the lower extremity of the lever has atang 6O adapted to be struck by one of the yokes L2 as it is moved toand fro, whereby the lever will be swung first in one direction and thenin the other and the lost motion permitted by the slot 58 and pin 59will allow the tang to clear the yoke after the latter has struck andmoved it in either direction. This movement causes the brush 51 to firstrise and then fall each time the lever is moved in either direction, andin the movements of the brush its bristles impart polish to the rear ofthe shoe and heel. As will be understood, there are two of these heelbrushes, and their operation is controlled automatically by themovements of the main brushes.

Osometon-diilounted in suitable upright guides 61 beneath the casing 3is a weight 62 having a link 63 connected with the short arm (34 of theweight-lifting lever 65. This turns in bearings 66 and its handleprojects past the seat and is adapted to be held in depressed positionby the dog 36 above described, until said dog is tripped by the depositof a coin, after which an upward pull on the handle of the lever raisesthe weight in its guides. Carried by and depending from the weightis arack bar 67 that engages a gear 68 mounted rigidly on the rear end ofthe intermediate brush rod 44.; and as shown in Fig. 5 this rod carriestwo sprockets (39 connected by chains 70 with other sprockets 71 fast onthe rear ends of the side brush rods 44, although said rods might beconnected with the intermediate rod by other gearing as will beunderstood without further illustration. The arrangement of parts issuch that when the weight is raised to its highest position by the leverThe rear i (55, the rods 4A and with them the main brush heads areoscillated to points which will bring the daubers uppermost or inposition to take blacking from the pads and apply it'to the shoes; butas the weight descends the rack bar 67 and gear (38 cause the variousrods to turn in their journals so that next the polishers are broughtinto place to work upon the freshly spread blacking, then perhaps thedaubers again, and finally the polishers again. Thus the weight israised by its lever after the lever is re leased by the insertion of acoin, and the weight in its descent oscillates the brush heads andbrushes so as to daub and then polish the shocs-the daubers taking theblacking from the pads when they first move to the rear. The arms 16 ofsaid pads are fulcrumed at 76 in the cross bar 2, and their rearextremities are pivoted at 77 to the weight; so that as the latter israised the pads 13 at the front end of the arms are permitted to descendinto the path of the brushes with the edges of their felt in position toimpart blacking to the daubers which then stand uppermost, but as theweight descends the pads rise and the blacking is not applied to thebrushes.

Reciprocator.ll1e numeral 80 designates a suitable motor belted as at 81to a shaft 83 on which is splined a power wheel 82 so that it is adaptedto be engaged with or disengaged from a gear 84L on the driving shaft85, here shown as provided with two cranks S6 and 87. From the former apitman rod 88 leads to a lever 89 which is connected by a link 90 withthe brush head 46, whereby rotation of the shaft reciprocates the toebrush on its rod 45. From the crank 87 a pitman rod 91 leads to a lever92 which is connected by a link 93 with the main frame 41, wherebyrotation of the shaft 85 reciprocates said frame on its guides 40, andthe eyes 43 of its yokes move the brush heads 47 and 4L8 longitudinallyon the rods 4 L 1 during the oscillation of the latter by the mechanismdescribed above. The numeral 94 designates a rod mounted in bearingsalong one side of the framework and having at its front end a yoke 95engaging the grooved hub of the power wheel 82 so that the turning ofthe rod moves this wheel on its spline into or out of engagement withthe gear 84. The other extremity of the rod is deflected and standsbeneath the weight 62, as shown at 96, while a spring 97 raises it andnormally connects the motor with the driving shaft. Hence. as the weightis raised by the lever 65 the motor sets the re ciprocating mechanisminto operation, and

when the weight descends far enough, after the brushes have been moved asufficient number of times, the rear end 96 of the rod 94 is depressedthereby and the reciprocation checked.

T1"ip.By preference I employ the following mechanism which increases thenumber of reciprocations given to the brushes by retarding the descentof the weight until released by a slow-acting trip which will now bedescribed, although it will be understood that the machine would operatequite successfully without this device. The rack bar 67 beneath theweight (see Figs. 1 and 5) moves vertically in .a sheath 100 having anotch 101, and said rack bar carries two spring-actuated pawls 102 and103 adapted to automatically and-successively enter the notch as theweight and rack bar descend.

10% is a cam projecting laterally from a relatively large gear 105journaled in suitable bearings beneath the weight, the cam being solocated and shaped as to pass through .the notch at .each revolution ofthis gear and trip the pawl that may be engaged therewith. A .relativelysmaller gear 106 engages the larger gear to impart to the latter a slowrotation, although by substituting differently proportioned gears thatcarrying the trip may be caused to revolve more quickly if desired. Onthe shaft of the smaller gear 106 is a ratchet wheel 107 engaged by aretaining pawl 108, and 109 is a plunger pressed by a spring 109 andcarrying an operating pawl 110 also engaging the ratchet 107 as bestseen in Fig. 4. The plunger projects through a cross bar 2, and standsin position to be struck by the main brush frame ll each time the lattermoves to the rear. .I-Ience this plunger and its pawl turn the ratchetand the smaller gear, and the latter turns the larger gear so that itscam 104t trips the lowermost pawl 102 and permits the rack bar andweight to drop until the upper pawl 103 engages the notch 101. If thistrip'be used, such descent of the weight will turn the brushes so thatthe polishers will work upon the shoes but the reciprocation will notcease; and when the larger gear makes a second rotation and the cam 104trips the upper pawl 103, the weight in its further descent will strikethe rear end 90 of the rod 94, and the yoke 95 at its front end willdisconnect the motor from the driving shaft and the reciprocation of thebrushes will cease.

Ope1"ati0n.The parts being in position, and the working mechanismcovered by casings (not shown) which protect the user from dirt orinjury, he takes his seat and places his feet on the foot rests,deposits a coin in the coin-controlling devices and moves its actuatinglever as per directions, all as is usual in machines which performservice or deliver goods on this principle. The movement of saidactuating lever which is preferably connected with the blackingfeed"lever. 30 also moves the latter and presses the plungers downward intheir.

tanks so as to cause a little of the paste blacking to flow through theperforations 11 of reservoirs 10 onto the side plates ll of the pads 13which then stand elevated and in contact with the sides of thereservoirs. Continuing as per directions, the user next grasps andraises the handle of the weightlifting lever 65, which the movement ofthe lever 30 has automatically released by turning the dog 36, andthereby elevates the weight. The raising of the weight depresses thepads into the path of the main brushes, and simultaneously permits thespring 97 to raise the rear end 96 of the rod 9 1 so that its front endconnects the motor with the reciprocating mechanism; and it will beunderstood without further explanation that if this motor is driven byelectricity, the current might easily be turned on through a circuitcloser which was closed automatically by some of these preliminarymovements. The brushes then commence their reciprocation, and as theelevation of the weight turns the daubers uppermost and depresses thepads, the corrugated sides of the latter give off paste blacking and theedges of the felt give off liquid blacking to the daubers the first timethey move to the rear. This black ing is carried to the sides of theshoes, and from the latter is wiped across their toes and heels by theproper brushes as will be clear. Meanwhile the descent of the weightoperates the oscillating or brush rods 14 so that the polishers comeuppermost and polish the shoes where the blacking has been applied, andthe descent of the weight also again raises the pads so that they do notimpart blacking to the polishers. The machine may be so constructedwithout a trip that this operation is repeated during the descent of theweight; but if the trip mechanism is employed, the weight descends untilchecked by the uppermost pawl 103 at which time the rods 4% have beengiven only a half revolution, the polishers have been brought to thetop, and the pads have been raised, and the relative size of the wheels82 and 84 is such that during the further descent of the weight thebrushes while in this position will be reciprocated a number of times soas to impart a high polish to the blacking on the shoes. Finally, whenthe weight descends to its lowermost position its engagement with therear end 90 of the rod 91 turns the latter so that its yoke 95disengages the f erases the perforated blacking reservoirs, plungerstherein, a lever for moving them, movable pads adapted to contact withthe reservoirs, and pad-moving mechanism tripped by the movement of saidlever.

2. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the brushes; of theperforated blacking reservoirs, plungers therein a lever for movingthem, movable pads mounted above the path of said brushes and adapted tocontactwith the reservoirs, means for depressing them into the path ofsaid brushes, and means for later raising them out of said path.

3. In a boot blacking machine, the combi nation with the reciprocatingbrushes; of the perforated blacking reservoirs; plungers therein, ashaft provided with means for advancing the plungers, a lever forturning the shaft, movable pads adapted to contact with said reservoirs,and pad-moving mechanism tripped by the movement of said lever.

4:. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the blackingdevices; of the perforated blacking reservoirs, plungers therein, alever for moving the plungers, movable pads adapted to contact with saidreservoirs, a weight whose descent raises said pads out of the path ofthe blacking devices, a lever for raising said weight, a dog for holdingthe lever depressed when the weight is depressed, and means for turningthe dog to release the weight-lever by the movement of said feed-lever.

5. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the daubing devices;of perforated blacking reservoirs, movable pads adapted to contacttherewith and to conduct blacking to said daubing devices, plunger-s inthe reservoirs, means for feeding the plungers, and means for moving thepads.

6. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the frameworkcarrying a seat and foot rests, and daubing and polishing devices movingadjacent the latter; of a casing beneath and extending in rear of theseat, reservoirs therein having perforated sides, blacking tanks carriedin. the reservoirs, plungers in the tanks, rack bars connected withthem, a shaft having gears en gaging said rack bars, means for turningthe shaft, pads movable beneath said casing, and means for moving thepads into contact with said perforated sides and then into contact withsaid dauloing devices.

7. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the frameworkcarrying a seat and foot rests, and daubing devices moving adjacent thelatter; of perforated reservoirs beneath and extending in rear of theseat, blacking tanks carried in the reservoirs, arms fulcrumed in theframework beneath said reservoirs, blacking pads at the front ends ofthe arms adapted to take blacking from the reservoirs, and means formoving the rear ends of said arms to bring the pads into contact withthe reservoirs and into and out of the path of said devices.

8. In a boot blacking machine, the combi nation with the daubers andpolishers, and means for moving them successively in a certain plane; ofblacking pads, and mechanism for depressing them into said plane toimpart blacking to the daubers and raising them out of it on theapproach of the polishers.

9. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the daubers andpolishers, fixed reservoirs for blacking, and means for causing it toooze from them; of blacking pads, and means for moving them intoposition to take up the blacking which has oozed from the reservoirs andthen into position to im part it to said daubers.

10. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the blackingdevices, three fixed reservoirs for blacking, and means for causing itto ooze from their sides toward the spaces between them; of pads workingin said spaces, and means for moving them into position to take up theblacking which has oozed from the reservoirs and then into position toimpart it to said devices.

11. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the blackingreservoirs and blacking feed mechanism; of the daubers, means fortransmitting blacking from the reservoirs to the daubers, the polishers,means for driving the daubers and polishers, and mechanism released bythe blackingfeed mechanism for controlling said driving means.

12.v In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the blackingreservoirs; of the daubers, means for transmitting blacking from thereservoirs to the daubers, the polishers, the foot rests, a weight andconnections for bringing the daubers and polishers successively into theplane of the foot rests, means for driving the daubers and polishers,and mechanism operated by said weight for controlling the driving means.

13. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the blackingreservoirs; of the daubers, means for transmitting blacking from thereservoirs to the daubers, the polishers, the foot rests, a weight andconnections for bringing the daubers and polishers successively into theplane of the foot rests, a motor and connections for driving the daubersand polishers, and mechanism operated by said weight for controllingsaid connections.

14. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the movableblacking pads, and the foot rests; of the daubers and polishers, meansfor moving them successively into the plane of the foot rests and formoving the pads into said plane cotemporaneously with the daubers butout of it at other times,

means for driving the daubers and polishers, and mechanism operated bysaid first means for controlling said driving means.

15. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the movableblacking pads, blacking feed mechanism, and the foot rests; of thedaubers and polishers, means for moving them successively into the planeof the foot rests and for moving the pads into said planecotemporaneously with the daubers but out of it at other times, a motorand connections for driving said daubers and polishers, and mechanismreleased by the blacking feed and operated by said means for controllingsaid connections.

16. In a boot blacking machine, the combi nation with the movableblacking pads, and the foot rests; of the daubers and polishers, meansfor moving the daubers and pads cotemporaneously into the plane of thefoot rests by one step and moving them out of said plane and thepolishers into it by a second step, means for driving the daubers andpolishers, mechanism operated by said first means for controlling saiddriving means, a trip for retarding the action of said first meansbetween its steps, and actuating devices for the trip controlled by saiddriving means.

17. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the movable pads,blacking feed mechanism, and the foot rests; of the daubers andpolishers, means for moving the dauber-s and pads cotemporaneously intothe plane of the foot rests by one step and moving them out of saidplane and the polisher-s into it by a second step, a motor andconnections for driving said daubers and polishers, mechanism releasedby the blacking feed and operated by said first means for controllingsaid connections, a trip for retarding the action of said first meansbetween its steps, and actuating devices for the trip operated by themovement of said daubers.

18. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the blacking supplydevices, and the foot rests; of angular brush rods extending betweensaid foot rests and on each side of them, brush heads slidable on saidrods, a dauber and a polisher projecting oppositely from each head,means for reciprocating the heads on the rods, and means for oscillatingthe rods.

19. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the movableblacking supply devices, and the foot rests; of angular brush rodsextending horizontally between said foot rests, and on each side ofthem, brush heads slidable on said rods, a dauber and a polisherprojecting oppositely from each head, means for reciprocating the headson the rods, and means for depressing said devices into the plane of thefoot rests and simultaneously turning the rods to bring the daubers intosaid plane by one step, and

then raising said devices and further turning the rods to move thedaubers out of said plane and the polishers into it by a second step.

20. In a boot blacking machine, the c0mbination with the blackingsupply, and the foot rests; of angular brush rods extending between saidfoot rests and on each side of them, brush heads slidable on said rods,a dauber and a polisher projecting oppositely from each head, a mainbrush frame having yokes embracing said heads, means for reciprocatingsaid frame, and means for oscillating the rods.

21. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the blackingsupply, and the foot rests; of angular brush rods extending between saidfoot rests and on each side of them, brush heads slidable on said rods,a dauber and a polisher projecting oppositely from each head, a mainbrush frame having yokes embracing said heads and provided with eyesembracing the rods, guides on which the frame moves, means forreciprocating said frame, and means for oscillating the rods andcontrolling the blacking supply.

22. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the frameworkcarrying a seat, cross bars therein, longitudinal bars fixed betweenthem and carrying the foot; rests, a

reservoir casing in rear of the seat, and blacking supply devicescarried thereby; of angular brush rods journaled in said cross bars andstanding between the foot rests and on either side of them, brushesmounted loosely on said rods, means for reciprocating the brushes, andmeans for oscillating the rods and simultaneously controlling theblacking supply.

23. A, main brush frame, a plurality of yokes carried thereby and havingeyes, brush rods extending through the latter, and means forreciprocating the frame; combined with brushheads each mounted slidablyon its rod within one of said yokes, and daubers and polishersprojecting from said heads, for the purpose described.

24. A main brush frame, a plurality of yokes carried thereby and havingeyes, angular brush rods extending through the latter, and means forreciprocating the frame; combined with brush heads each mounted slidablyon its rod within one of said yokes, a dauber and a polisher projectingfrom opposite sides of each head, and means for oscillating the rods,for the purpose described.

25. A foot rest, an angular brush rod, and means for oscillating it,combined with a brush head slidable on said rod, and a dauber and apolisher projecting tangentially from opposite sides of said head, forthe purpose set forth.

26. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the blacking supplydevices, and the foot rests; of main brushes movable nameslongitudinally between and on each side of said foot rests and eachhaving a, dauber adapted to contact with said blacking supply devicesand a polisher, a brush rod extending transversely across and above thefoot rests, a toe polishing brush movable thereon, and means forreciprocating the main brushes longitudinally and. the toe brushtransversely.

97. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the blacking supplydevices, and the foot rests; of main brushes movable longitudinallybetween and on each side of said foot rests and each having a dauberadapted to contact with sald blacking supply and a polisher, a brush rodextending transversely across and above the foot rests, a toe polishingbrush movable thereon, a power driven shaft having cranks, two leverswith which said cranks are connected, and connections respectivelybetween one lever and the main. brushes and the other lever and the toebrush.

28. A single pair of foot rests, and a motor; combined with main brushesmovable horizontally between and on each side of said foot rests, a toebrush movable transversely over the front portions of said foot rests,heel brushes movable vertically in rear of them, and connections fordriving all of the brushes from the motor.

29. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the foot rests, themain brush frame, main brushes carried thereby, and means forreciprocating it; of vertically movable heel brushes, guides supportingthem in rear of the foot rests, and operating devices for said heelbrushes actuated by the reciprocations of the main brush frame.

30. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the foot rests, themain brush frame, main brushes carried thereby, and

means for reciprocating it; of vertically] movable heel brushes, slottedguides supporting them in rear of the foot rests, a pivoted lever foreach heel brush having a tang adapted to be struck by the main frame inits reciprocations, and connections leading from the lever through theslot in the guide for reciprocating said brush vertically by themovements of the lever.

31. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the foot rests, themain brush frame, main brushes carried thereby, and means forreciprocating it; of vertically movable heel brushes, slotted guidessupporting them in rear of the foot rests a pin. in each brush. headprojecting through the slot in its guide, a link engaging the pin, apivoted lever connected with the link, and a tang at its lower extremityadapted to be struck by the main frame in its reciproca tions.

32. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with the foot rests, themam brush frame, main brushes carried thereby, and

means for reciprocating it; of vertically movable heel brushes, slottedguides supporting them in rear of the foot rests, a pin in. each brushhead projecting through the slot in its guide, a link engaging the pin,a pivoted lever having a transverse slot in its upper end and adapted tobe operated by the main frame in its reciprocations, and a pin at thelower end of the link loosely engaging said slot.

In a boot blacking machine, the combination with angular rods journaledlongi tudinally in the frame-work, brush heads slidable thereon andhaving brushes of different types projecting from their opposite sides,a motor, and connections between it and said heads for reciprocating thelatter; of a weight moving in upright guides in the framework, meanswhereby its descent oscillates said rods, and a movable rod eX- tendingfrom said connections to a point beneath the weight whereby the latterwill finally move the rod to trip the connection and check thereciprocation of said heads.

3-1. In a boot blacking machine, the combination with angular rodsjournaled longitudinally in the framework, brush heads slidable thereonand having brushes of different types projecting from their oppositesides, a motor, and connections between it and said heads forreciprocating the latter; of a weight moving in upright guides in theframework, a rack bar on the weight, a gear engaged thereby, oscillatingdevices for said rods operated by the turning of the gear, and a movablerod extending from said connections to a point beneath the weightwhereby the latter in its descent will finally move the rod to trip theconnections and check the reciprocation of said heads.

In a machine of the character de scribed, the combination with angularrods journaled in the frame-work, brush heads slidable thereon, brushesof different type projecting from opposite sides of the heads, means forreciprocating said heads,aweight, and oscillating means for said rodsoperated by the descent of the weight; of an upright bar carried by theweight, a spring-actuated pawl thereon, a sheath inclosing the bar andhaving a notch adapted to be engaged by said pawl to check the descentof the weight, and a trip for the pawl actuated by the reciprocation ofthe brushes to pass periodically through said notch.

36. In a machine of the character described, the combination withangular rods journaled in the framework, brush heads slidable thereon,brushes of different type projecting from different sides of the head,means for reciprocating said heads, a weight, and oscillating means forsaid rods operated by the descent of the weight; of an upright barcarried by said weight, two

pawls on said bar, a sheath for the bar having a notch with which saidpawls successively engage to check the descent of the weight, and awheel rotated by the reciprocation of the brushes and having a campassing through said notch to trip one pawl and then later passingthrough it again to trip the other.

37. In a machine of the character described, the combination withangular rods journaled in the framework, brush heads slidable thereon,brushes of difierent type projecting from opposite sides of the heads,means for reciprocating said heads, a weight, and oscillating means forsaid rods operated by the descent of the weight; of an upright barcarried by the weight, two

pawls on said bar, a sheath for the bar having a notch with which saidpawl successively engage to check the descent of the weight, a gearhaving a trip-("am for the pawls adapted at each revolution to passthrough said notch, a smaller gear engaging the cam gear, andpawl-and-ratchet mechanism connected with the smaller gear and actuatedintermittently by the reciprocation of said brushes.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed iny signature this the5th day of hlay, A. 1). 1908.

ANTON T. PEFFER.

\Vitnesses JNo. J. PONTIUS, J. B. PATTISON.

